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WORDS OF WISDOM.

Ill sewers makes i'll harvest.
The boughs that bear most hang lowest.
Life is half spent e'er we know what it
is.
Notifications are often more painful
than real calamities.
Mems years and their fruits are always
more than they are willing to own.
The silent man may be overlooked now,
but he will get a hearing by and by.
If we do not fatter ourselves, the
hattery of others will not be able to injure
US.
When the forenoons of life are wasted
there is not much hope of peaceful
evening.
The heart that is fullest of good works
has in it the least room for the tempta-
tions of the enemy.
Bad custom, consolidated into habit, is
such tyrant that men sometimes cling
to vices, even while they curse them.
Vicious habits are so odious and de-
grading that they transform the individual
who practises them into an incarnate
demon.
When two start in the world together,
he that is thrown behind, unless his mind
proves generous, will be displeased with
the other.
Life is never all work or sorrow; and
happy hours, helpful pleasures, are merci-
fully given like wayside springs to
pilgrims trudging wearily along.
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or Henry. or Frank, or Mary, or Anna'
Where are those precious souls whose inter.
ests committed into your handsl'
A dying son said to his father: "Father,
you gave me an education, and good man.
ners, and everything that the world could do
for me; but, father, you never told me how
to die, and now my soul is going out in the
darkness"
Go home and erect family altar. You
may break down in your prayer. But never
mind, God will take what you mean, whether
you express it intelligibly or not. Bring all
your house into the ark. Is there one sor
whom you have given up! Is he so dissipateG
that you have stopped counselling and pray.
ing! Give him up! How dare You give him upl
Did God ever give thee up! Whilst thou hast s
single articulation of speech left, cease not te
pray for the return of that prodigal he
may even now be standing on the beach al
Hong Kong or Madras, meditating a return
to his fathers house. Give him upa Never
give him up. Has God promised to hear thy
prayer only to mock thee! 1t is not too late.
In st. Paul's, London, there is a whispering
gallery. A voice uttered most feebly at ont
side of the gallery is heard distinctly at tn,
opposite side, agreat distance off. So, every
word of earnest prayer goes all around tht
earth, and makes heaven a whispering
gallery. Go into the ark-not to sit down
but to stand in the door, and call until al
the family come in. Aged Noah, where i.
Japhet, David, where is Absalom! Hannah,
where is Samuel! Bring them in through
Christ the door. Would it not be pleasant to
spend eternity with our familiesl Gladdel
than Christmas or Thanksgiving festival wiz
he the reunion, if we get all our family into
the ark. Which of them can we spare out Of
heaven?
On one Of the late steamers there were a
father and two daughters journeying. They
seemed extremely poor. A benevolent gentle
man stepped up to the poor man to proffer
some form of relief, and said: "You seem
to be very poor, sir" "Poor, sir" replied the
man, ''if there's a poorer man than
both of u.s." II will take one Of
your children, and adopt it, if you
say 80. l think it would be great relief to
you" "a whats" said the poor man. "a
relief" "Would it be relief to have the
hands chopped off from the body, or the heart
torn from the breast9 A relief, indeed! God
be good to us! What do you mean, sir?"
However many children we may have, we
have mono to give up. Which of our fami-
lies can we afford to spare out of heavenl
Come, father! Come, mother! Come, son!
Come, daughter! Come, brother Come sister!
Only one step, and we are in. Christ, the door,
swings out to admit us: and it is not the
hoarSeness of q stormy blast that you hear,
but the voice of a loving and patient God
that addresses you, saying: "Come thou and
all thy house into the ark"
And there may the Lord shut us in.
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Health Hints.

Put hot flannel over the seat of neu-
ralgic pain and renew frequently. >
Use buttermilk for the removal Of
tan and walnut stains and freckles.
roasted or boiled lemon, filled while
hot with sugar, and eaten still hot, Just
before retiring, will often break up a
cold. x
A few spoonfuls of soup, possessing
body, taken on an empty stomach, gives
it tone and prepares it to receive &C.
eptably more substantial fare. 80
A simple remedy for neuralgia is to ap-
ply grated horse-radish prepared the
same as for table use, to the temple
when the face or head is affected, or
to the wrist when the pain is in the
arm or shoulder. .,=
What is pleasing in the mouth may
he the worst thing for the stomach.
Fast eating is abuse of the stomach.
Chewing food we'll and mixing it with
the saliva of the mouth is the first step
to good digestion. -.
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TEMPERANCE.
Wines Work.


once was so happy, Gghthearted and free,
No sorrow encompassed, no clouds could
see;
But ah, ye deceiver, the rose tinted wine,
Ye cruel heart breaker, why did you break
mine.
once had mother, so gentle and true,
With love never failing, and meek eyes OF
blue;
But ah, since the wine cup hath made me its
slave,
In sorrow and weeping she hath gone to her
grave.
once had dear wife's caresses and love,
But she, too, hath gone to the fair world above;
Deep sorrow was stamped on her innocent
brow;
Too late, I'm repenting, she'll never come
now.
once had daughter, the pride Of my heart,
l thought there was nothing could tear US
apart;
But ah, it's the ruddy, the sweet flowing wine,
That robs men of pleasure; it robbed me OF
mine.
I once had O sister, with beauty and grace,
The roses have faded, and pale Is her face;
But ah, ye deceiver, the rose tinted wine,
Have taken my darlings, and now repine.
Alice B. Butler.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
The Chambered Nautilus.

The Chambered Nautilus.
(BY OLIVER WENDELL HoLMEs-FRoM AT
LANTIC MONTHLY
This is the ship of pear, which poets feign,
Sails the unshadowed main
The venturous bark that filings,
On the sweet summer wind its purple
wings,
In gulf enchanted where the syren sings,
And coral reefs lie bare,
Where the cold sea.maids rise to sun their
streaming hair.
It's web Of living gauze no more unfurl,
Wrecked is the ship Of PEARL
And every chanlbered cell,
Where its dim, dreaming life was wont to
dwell,
And the frail tenant shaped his growing
shell,
Before tllee lies revealed
Its inside ceiling rent, its sunless crypt un-
scaled!
Year after year beheld the silent toll
That spread his lustrous coil;
Still, as the spiral grew,
He left the past years dwelling for the new,
Stole with soft step the shining archway
through,
Built up its idle door:
Stretched in his last found home and knew
the old no more.
Thanks for the heavenly message brought BY
thee,
Child of the wandering sea,
Cast from her lap, forlorn.
From thy dead lips clearer note is born
Than ever Triton blew from wreathed
hornl
While on mine ear it rings
Through the deep caves Of thought / hear
voice that sings:
Build thsmore stately mansions, o my soul!
As the swift season rolll
Leave thy low>vaulted past
Let each new temple, nobler than the last
Shut thee from heaven with dome more
vast,
Till thou at length are free,
Leaving thine outgrown shell by life'S lln-
resting sea!
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them at respectful distance. Suddenly

them at q respectful distance. Suddenly
the great jaws of the captured animal
dart out of the water close to the side Of
whale boat, and, before they can be shut
again, a resounding blow from the man
at the bow of the boat falls upon the great
head. A dark film rushes across the
glaring eyes, and a stream of blood bursts
forth from the nostrils. The creature
makes another desperate effort to close
its jaws upon the boat, or oranything in its
reach, but the heavy blows are rained
rapidly upon the round head, until the
brains ooze out of the heavy cuts in the
skull. A convulsive gasp runs through
the large mass, and with gurgle the
animal rolls over dead.-MaA and Ee-
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From a Business View.

While principles of total abstinence
readily recommend themselves to that
portion of the rising manhood and wo-
manhood whose consciences are the trained
regulators of their habits and acts, there
remains an all too numerous class whose
moral perceptions are not sufficiently
acute to warn them of the dangers of the
alcohol habit, simply because it is a sin
against God and humanity. Even the
considerations of personal health, backed
up by the laws of physiology and en-
dorsed by the honest scientists of every
age, are forgotten or ignored in the fate
full rush for draught of the Lethean
waters that deaden soul and sense, and
obliterate every vestige of the God-like
physical image.
As last plain, practical argument,
there can be advanced the inducement
that entire freedom from the use of stim-
ulants is, in American parlance, "good
business" The life-insurance system,
which has of late grown to be leading
commercial enterprise, has been obliged
to consider from purely business stand
point the effect of intoxicants on the du-
ration of human life. A representative
of an old and well-cstablished company
in Hartford, Conn.,, has recently stated
that from careful examination of their
records, and by the calculation of an ex-
pert actuary, it has been found that even
! the moderate-drinker reduces his chances
of life to q suicidal extent by the self
assumed habits of tippling. The total
abstainer at twenty years, has, it is found,
a probability of reaching the age of sixty
four by continuing in the walks of a So
Der life, while the moderate-drinker at
twenty can only look forward to fifteen
and half years lease of life under the
rule of the despot Alcohol.
Facts like the above, obtained from
people with whom mortality is a matter
of dollars and cents, carry their own les
son. When lifc-insurance companies
came into our commerce, the drink-hablt
was hardly considered by them. AS its
effects touched their pockets, they were
aroused to inquiry, and soon no appli-
cant was received who confessed to being
incorporate. The line was soon after
drawn at "habitual use," and it is only
companies of questionable stability that
do not insist upon accurate information
as to the drinking habits of its would-be
members.
The authority above cited warrants the
inference that if it were practicable these
companies would even insist on total alb
stinence. It would certainly be greatly
to their benefit if every man they insured
neither touched nor tasted of the invisi
bic spirit concealed in the seductive bev
eraces that slay their consumers with
Philistinc hand. Rccollcct, then, that il
pays, in purely business way, to rcfrair
and abstain from contact with foe 81
aggressive and whose triumph is merely
a simple question Of time. Total absti
nence is of verify "good business ~
Witness.
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The TOrtOise's Enemies.

Of all its foes there arc but two which
the tortoise cannot escape. These are
men and the boa-constrictor Attack a
tortoise, and it will draw itself within
its she'll, and keep quiet till danger
passes. The jaguar can do nothing with
it. for its Jaw is not strong enough to
break the shell. The boa-constrictor,
however, swallows shell and all, and
slowly digests the whole. The natives,
of course, are too many for the poor
tortoise. They can carry it off bodily
and starve it out, or-which is their
commoner plan-roast it in its SHE'LL
Little Folks.
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Oroat Question of the Age.

We have to look up and beyond to see
the full measure of our responsibility on
this great question of liquor-selIing.
1t is only low, groveling nature that
will consent to apologize for the traffic,
and bclittle the Prohibition movement Of
o-daY.-DemoreSt
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DR.. N. 8. Davis, of Chicago, has not
once during half-century of practice pre-
scribed alcoholic liquor.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-22
Administrators Sale.
On TUESDAY, 9TH April, 1887, at II O'Clock,
at the Court House

On TUESDAY, 9Th April, 1887 at IL o'clock,
at the Court House,
Under and by virtue of an order granted by
the Ordinary of Chatham county, will sell
at public cutlery at the above mentioned
time and place the following real estate o.
longing TO the Estate Of John McGiashan,
deceased, namely:
All that lot of land situate and being in the
city of Savannah and county of Chatham
known in the plan of said city as lot 20 Cur
rytown ward, on the northeast corner "f
Jones and West Broad streets. together with
the improvements and appurtCnanceS- The
said lot has the dimensions and boundaries
shown IN sketch of the lot attached to the
deed made to the said John McClashan on the
28th day of January, 1878, by Edmund Molly
ncuX ct al, recorded in tn Office of the Clerk
of the Superior Court of Chatham county, in
Book O., foiios 47O-47l. AS shown by this
skotch, the lot to be sold has frontage on
Wet Broad street of "a feet inches, and
depth on Jones street of 10 feet inches
Terms cash purchaser paving for titles.
MARY J. MCGLASHAN,
AdminstratriX.
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xPnai Saiee,
CHATHAM sHERIFFs SALE.

Ct Alb a VI > EhI L y = a LIE.
FINDER and by virtue of H. IA. issued out
of The SAVANNAH MUTUAL LOAN AS
ISOLATION VS.. JAMES G. WEST, have
levied upOu the following described property
of the defendant. to wit:
All that certain lot Of land situate and
lying in the State of Georgia, comfy Of Chat
ham, and in the city of ~aVaunah, known and
designated In Tn eplan OF sand city as lot num-
Der thirty-sX (36 Lloyd ward, containing
siXty-Onc feet seven inches in front and rear,
and one hundred and eight feet in depth,
bounded on the north by Il lane, on the east by
lot number twenty-five 20, on the south by
New Houston street and on the west by lot
number thirty seven go, and also all thar
other lot of land in said city, county and state
contiguous to said lot NUM- Der thirty-slX $3.50,
and being the eastern half part of that lot
known ana designated in the plan of sad city
as LOT number thirty seven go, Lloyd ward.
said eastern half being bounded on the north
by said lane, on the east by lot mum Der thirty
SIX 1860 herenbefOre described, on the sou IN
by New Houston street, and on the west 10y
the western half part OF SAID lot number thIr-
ty-seven 49,, the said eastern half containing
thirty and nine tenths 90 D-lO) feet front and
rear from east to west on said lane and New
Houston street, and Que hundred and eight
feet in length from north to south, together
with all and singular the Entertainments.
rights, members and appurtenances to the
same belonging or IN anywIse apnertanng,
and all the estate, right. title, interest prop
er;v claim or demand OF the said JAMES q.
EST.
AndI will offer The SAID property at public
cutlery before the Court House door Of Chat
ham county, in the city OF Savannah. for sale
on the FIRST TUESDAY IN APRIL .S87 .
during the legal hours OF sale to satisfy said
q. ia.
Terms caeh. purchasers paving for titles.
JOHN +. ROM Sheriff {. Co.. Ga.
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CHArHA sHERIFF,s SALE.

TNDkR and by virtue of fl. ia. issued out
u OF The superior Court OF Chatham
county in favor of WILLIAM y. MAY for
use OF WILLIAM F. MAY vs.. ALVIN N.
MILLER and WILLIAM HONE, security,
said ii. ia. Transferred to CIIARI.ES +. CON D..
NFRY. have leyie0 upon tue following de-
scrlb'd property as The property of ALVIN
y. MILLER, tO-wit;
All mat tract or parcel of lana lying and
being in the county of Chatham, state of
Georgia. known as the Motdcna plantation,
containing eight hundred acres. more or less,
bounded on the west by lands OF William
ZeIger (known as Springfield plantation),
and on all other sides by river aud marsh;
the said land ard preaiises being the same
sold as the property Of JAMES RUSSELL
by the sheriff of Chatham county BY virtue
OF q mortgage ii. IA. Issued cut Of the Honor
Chatham in favor OF NARY 4. NJ RTtN vs..
JAMES RUSSELL. aud Cran.ferred ur said
MARY A. MARTIN 20 STEPHEN b. BOND,
and purchased by saidS EPHEN b. BOND at
raid ~her!Gs Sale aud conveyed to him by tie
sad SheriG Of Chatham county, deed dated
first of MAY. 1877, together with al and sim
gular the houses, outhOuSes, buildings, gar
dcus, liberties. privileges, easements. hercdlt-
arenis, rights. members and appurtenauces
whatsoever therrunto belonging or IN any
wise appertainlng.
And I will offer the said above described
groperty for sale Al public cutlery before the
Court house door u ChathBm county, in the
city of savannah, on the First Tuesday IN
Aprii. 1887, during the legal hours OF sale, 10
satisfy sad Il. ia.
Terms cash. purchasers paying for titles.
JOHN ROMAN. sheriff G.. Co., Ga.
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EORGIA. CHATHAM COuNTY.-Whereas,
VI JOSEPH d. WEED has applied 10 Court
OF Ordinary for Letters Dsmissory as Guar
dian on the estate Of CLAYTON ii. BRIG
HAM, minor.
These are, therefore, TO cite and admonsh
ali " hom it may concern TO be and appear be-
fore said court 10 make objection III any thew
haye) on or before the FIRST MONDAY IN
APRIL NEXT, otherwise said letters will
be granted.
Witness the Honorable HAMPTON J.. FER
RtLL. Ordinary for Chatham county this the
2Sth day OF February. 1887.
PHILIP NJ. RUSSELL. JR..
Clerk G. o. &. e..
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&nrttnn SaIro xutmrr Dapn.
Oak Grove Plantation
AT AUCTION.
Daniel R. Kennedy, &uCtiOneer.

APRIL 5TH, at Court House, will cell that
fine Plantation known as
OAK GROVE, containing 2.O79 acres, with
dwelling, outhouses, etc, all under fence and
IN a state of cultivation. All crops can be
grown on this land, also plenty of pine land.
Charleston and Savannah railway passes
through this property, and there is a landing
on the Savannah river. 1t is situated at
Montieth station, ten miles from the city. and
is bounded by the Augusta road and by lands
of the estate of Wlnkler and j. b. Duck
worth There is also POI acres across the Au
gusJa road which goes with said tract.
Titles good: terms easy
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HER HERO.

something About the Courtsbips ot'
PRESIDENT and Mrs. Cleveland,
'us'"g'on Letter in tie Neao Yo,k Hsrold.
ileie Is one room In the White House
"a 'ne upper floor in the private part of
'ue mansion, to entering which Mrs
II T1'e,ahu contesses an especial aversion.
ivy Iue state BEDROOM" which is rext
t,i w. library on the south side of The
I'iauine, directly above the red parlor.
IN oo vi Tue mosteXpensively furnished
[c.iIo}} VI ~. tne bedrooms, and used to he
H. beI; me ffeslden's ROOM" though if
H. v no,' Gu none OF the Presidents stree
Ehasr" s nave slept in il. 1t has usually
$50, aePt as a bedroom of state and II is
H. p. .eu ny nose who should know that
Eyisi,.t5' luce nee OF Wales slept there when he
kbot ca resident Buchanan. IL ia there
ECIsyo'ilHe laules asked to receive with Mrs
4mo y,ei anu al formal receptions 10 m re-
Enri0o tnelr wraps. On one such occasion
E nen,i'sS 'ue past winter when the wife of a
VI Tue Cabinet was being shown
Fy,,b ' asaV room, Mrs. Cleveland. who was
Hor,, " W. uIeW back and said: .tOb
hbor me 'hls room; | never coma haro
hssoooi',. Gun help IT., because il has sod
Eprs.i3aa.ons ior me. 1t was here that toa
eOlnr IN F ,olu me good-by when | was
ENera - , as When Mrs. and Miss Folsom
tf 1SSS ; ,ne white House in the autumn
'8'' 0eIore they sailed for Europe.
p,. HAPPY ROOMS.
nut the blue parIor whoro a.,
Pas learned ,r .ne east room, where, as
$he PreeiIau' rom an admission made nv
lew weeLo V a,I himself at a dinner party n
Rhicb aso' the question was asked
Dave onI, Nv aoout the wedding. can
Presjden,,s Happy associations for ira
fersatjon ~ 'oNlng wife. 1t was in con
Day 10 nv IN "hIch had said: 81 oftep
$ny colIriir MY; poor girl, you never had
Fresident LEX IKE other girls," that the
omeihln,, w T ut is true ! did saw
Raklpg to' w Ief one night, when we wers
&he was t'osethar in the east room wher
| This I.a,g, YiSItlng my sister,
3pTIn1 -, i'5so,..eVed 10 have occurred IN tbo
Der drst ,,,',11'' "nen NIsa Folsom mad
nattbe i ,'1,' 70 The Executive manston
ucb ear awe sue promis d then Ind bas,'n
bdy Of to nv, ,,, nose who knew ms nreEon ~
caool drnI",, me House while she was ~
be same ' ua pelleve. One who w.s -,
osom's roor oi , ana Intimate with Miss
pals hear iino'u. mate there SAYS she ro
chool. wbsH ,, tne latter after she lef,
Grover Cine a. sue news Of the nomjnnt,on
! alted Stot ,e'eland 10 be President oftba
E'ely: "Gro,."as published, saw ref,ac-
~ name or 'TNer Cleveland, WHY tbat U.s.
a talk 40 ,n, we man Frank Folsom usaS
FER belis"u,Ucn about that | used 10 tefi
Others WIZ " t she was in love with rim y
fhild say sb "o , Knew Mrs. Cleveland as a
pliers friend US (s always devoted TO her
Pa indulged Go W 7, Cleveland, who petted
lnd would siw Yer almost from her in fsp cv"
pc attacked nays Htrs, defend him when any
Pee when MN IIm and fly into a cbildisb
IA in her p IoSsna things were said Of
zero. P'V'ehee. He was and ia ber
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BY /. ID. LaR0che's Sons,

THIS DAY, in front OF store 1863 Bay street,
at IL o'clock. we will sell:
l lot Corn Eyes, $50 Bags, for account all
concerned; Marble Top Bedroom Set. Wal
nut; Safe, Dining Table, Sewing Ma
chine, Mahogany Crib, Fire Dogs, Show
cases, | Showcase and contents, 10 barrels
Flour and lot Suudries.
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CHATHAM sHERIFFs SALE,

FINDER and by virtue OF mortgage Fl. IA.
u Issued out of Chatham Superior Court
in favor of SUSAN G. TUFTS and CHARM
DA BLISS VI. JULIUS kAUFNANN, / nave
levied upon the following described property,
to wit:
All of the eastern half of all that lot tract
or parcel OF land and premises situate, lying
and being In the city OF Savapnah, ccynty OF
Chatham and State Of Georgia, and known
and designated on the plan or map Of said
city as lot number five IS Tyrconneil tythng,
Derby ward; said one-half portion having a
front OF thirty feet and TWO and ope -half
inches on Congress street, and running back
n depth of ninety feet TO Congress street lane,
together with AL aud singular the edifces.
buildings, rights, members, hcreditameuts
and appurtenHnces TO the same belonging or
IN auywlse appertaining, and all the estate
rig0t. title, interest, property claim aud de-
mand whatsoever Of the said JULIUS KAUF-
MANN.
And 1 will offer the SAID above described
property OF the defendant for sale al public
cutcy, before the Court House door Of Chat
ham county. in the cry OF savannah, on the
FIRST TUESDAY IN APRIL, 1887, during
the legal hours OF sale, 10 satisfy said mort
gage II. IA.
Terms each. purchasers paying for titles.
JOHN T. ROMAN, Sheriff G. Co., Ga.